The joint admissions exercise registration have just ended and will be released on
2nd February 2017. When the results are out, I WILL be posting the official CUT OFF POINTS FOR BOTH Science and Arts for ALL JCs in Singapore. I hope that with these points, you will be able to have a better idea of whether to appeal for admission into another JC if you are not satisfied with your posted JC.
Criterion for eligibility for appeal
1. Meet aggregate point for appealing course (from 2016 JAE onwards)
You MUST meet the aggregate point for the course for that year in order to be eligible for appeal. You will not be considered for appeal into the course, even if you apply at the JC. You could submit an appeal to a school, but they will just ignore your application. For example, I have appealed to 4 JCs for JAE but have not successfully appealed into any of the JCs due to my L1R5.
On the flip side, if you have an aggregate that meets or even is lower than the COP, you are 99% guaranteed a spot into the institution because there is not much competition.
2. You will be considered based on both your academic and non-academic achievements.
Remember the 99% probability of getting into the school if you meet the COP. The 1% come from the lack of outstanding academic achievements. For example, if an overwhelming amount of people appeal into the JC, the school will have no choice but to consider non-academic achievements, such as CCAs. You may even be forced to join a CCA if they were to accept your appeal based on your non-academic achievements, such as what NYJC did last year because they had too many people trying to appeal to the school.
3. Your time of appeal
So make sure that you prepare any appeal CV (resume) that you are going to copy and paste into the Appeal Forms if you intend to appeal. Though the schools say that it is not on the first-come-first-serve basis, the applications are considered from the earliest to the latest and those earlier with outstanding achievements are given a spot in the school.
My predictions:
I feel that all the COP of JC would increase by 1 point for every course. The 2016 O Level Examination was unexpecting as the results were heavily moderated to an extent that many scored B and C for many subjects, such as Humanities. I have received emails from your fellow JAE applicants losing faith over entering their desired course due to their results. But due to the heavy moderation, I feel that the COP would increase and you may be able to get into the course you desire.
If you have any ideas or queries to share or ask, please feel free to email me @ littlebunniehellokitty@gmail.com
